Miguna is lucky that his life was saved when Kenya deported him

Editor's Note: Today's TUKO.co.ke blogger of the day is Sammy Kwinga. He delves into why the self proclaimed general of the outlawed National Resistance Movement, Miguna Miguna, is one of Kenya’s worst enemies, among the very last human beings who should be accorded warmth and entertained as a nation.

There is this joke doing rounds about a certain man in Kenya who was so obsessed with life in Canaan that the government, tired of his tantrums, decided to grant him his wish. But he was mistakenly handed a one-way ticket to Canada, and not Canaan, missing out on his dream destination altogether.

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Such puns have thrived as news sink in that the Kenyan government deported self-proclaimed National Resistance Movement ‘general’ Miguna Miguna to Canada. Yes, this is the cold breath of reality. Miguna is gone and will be cooling his heels in Ontario where the temperatures were reading -7 °C degrees as of this morning, Wednesday, February 7.

Many are still wondering how someone believed to be a Kenyan by birth could be deported but the reality is that, to become a citizen of another country before the promulgation of the new Constitution in August 2010, one had to surrender his Kenyan citizenship and passport.

The operational piece of the constitution kicked in and you automatically lost your Kenyan citizenship making you a "foreigner" in your own country. It is exactly what Miguna did. One had to apply to re-gain your Kenyan citizenship after 2010, which Miguna overlooked, meaning he does not currently hold a Kenyan passport. For your information, he renewed his Canadian passport on 16th June 2017 and is thus now safely back home.

While some feel the government has been super tough on the outlawed NRM general, I feel Miguna has his gods to thank that he is a free man thousands of miles away from a country he would have wallowed in prison for life, if not hanged.

Miguna was on Tuesday, February 6, charged with treason, a capital offence punishable by death, after he publicly swore-in opposition leader Raila Odinga as the people's president.

Other than that, he has, in recent weeks, engaged in myriad incidences of subversion, meant to not only undermine the legally-elected government, but also to push Kenyan down the turmoil route.

In referring to Raila as Kenya’s president, calling for outlawed NRM followers to pull down President Uhuru Kenyatta’s portraits and even boldly teasing the police to arrest him, Miguna had pushed his luck way too far.

Let it not be lost that this is the same firebrand who spent day at night spewing venom on live television shows, including calling for youths to pick arms and fight at the height of last year’s repeat election campaigns.

With his Canadian passport safely in his pocket all through, this stands out as a classic case of a wicked foreigner who wanted to set his country ablaze and jump onto the next flight to Ontario. He was not alone as there has been precedence.

The malicious actions of former IEBC commissioner Roselyn Akombe are still fresh in our minds. Kenya survived a crisis when she quit in a huff and sought refuge in the US, her second home. Perennial state critic Prof Makau Mutua and political activist Maina Kiai have also mastered the dark art of hurling firebombs and wishing doom on their country of birth from under the glitz of neon lights abroad.

These are Kenya’s worst enemies, the very last human beings we should accord warmth and entertain as a nation.

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